Fund Drive Special with Jason Stanley
00:08 — Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. His latest book is Erasing History.
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Fund Drive Special: Phyllis Bennis on the Fall of the Syrian Government & Israel’s Occupation of Palestine
00:08 — Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies with a focus on Middle East, Palestine, and US militarism. The new edition of her book Understanding Palestine and Israel will be out soon.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Fund Drive Special with Maria Finn
00:08 — Maria Finn is an author, speaker and chef living in Sausalito, California. Her forthcoming book is Forage. Gather. Feast.
HTS Rebels Expand Takeover to Hama in Central Syria; Plus, Israel Continues Attacks Amid Lebanon Ceasefire
00:08 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:36 — Maryam Jamshidi is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. 00:49 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
Korean President Faces Impeachment Threats, Following Lifting of Martial Law
00:08 — Paul Liem is the Board Chairperson of the Korea Policy Institute. 00:33 — Cathi Choi is Co-Director of Women Cross DMZ, a global movement of activists mobilizing to end the Korean War. She co-coordinates the Korea Peace Now! campaign.
Fund Drive Special with John Nichols
00:08 — John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Dana Mattioli on Amazon and Antitrust [rebroadcast]
Dana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal reporter just out with The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power [re-broadcast of an interview originally recorded in September 2024]
David Silverman on the real history of Thanksgiving [rebroadcast]
00:08 David Silverman is a professor of history at George Washington University. His most recent book is This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving [Originally recorded in November 2021]